Wolf administration opens new drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Delco
The first hour of COVID-19 testing at the site each day will be reserved for first responders, EMS personnel, and health care workers.
In this March 24, 2020, file photo, staff at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site talk to people waiting in line in their cars at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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A new COVID-19 testing site is opening in Delaware County, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday.
The announcement comes as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the Philadelphia region due to the fast-spreading omicron variant. Nearly the entirety of Pennsylvania, including Delaware County, is seeing “high” levels of COVID-19 transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Wolf has touted COVID-19 testing, in addition to vaccinations and booster shots, as key tools to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of more than 36,799 Pennsylvanians.
The new drive-thru testing site in Delaware County is located between St. Bernard’s Hall and Friendship Circle at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Yeadon.
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The DOH said it has also applied to participate in a new CDC program, Increasing Community Access to Testing, to respond to the latest COVID-19 surge. Under the program, the department would apply to set up testing sites in southeastern and south central Pennsylvania.
The state in December also asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency for 1 million rapid at-home COVID-19 tests and for an increase in the state’s allocation of monoclonal antibody treatments.
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